Implementation CAD Engineer

Qualcomm; Tijuana; Presencial; MXN 1.214.434 - 1.734.906; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Qualcomm is seeking a skilled engineer to join their Global CAD team in Tijuana. This role focuses on synthesizing and optimizing mobile and AI chip designs, collaborating closely with Snapdragon teams.

The ideal candidate will have a Master's or PhD in engineering and experience in VLSI CAD. Proficiency in Python and TCL is also required. Join Qualcomm in pushing the limits of technology in an inclusive environment.

Formación

• 1-4 years of experience in VLSI CAD, preferably Synthesis, Floorplan, Place and Route.
• Experience with scripting tools and programming languages such as Python and TCL.

Responsabilidades

• Improve SoC Synthesis and Place and Route methodologies.
• Support design teams on CAD solutions.
• Innovate on tool/flow techniques for area and power reduction.

Conocimientos

Synthesis

Place and Route

Python

TCL

VLSI CAD

Educación

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

Descripción del empleo

Company:

QUALCOMM SEMICONDUCTORES Y SISTEMAS AVANZADOS DE BAJA CALIFORNIA

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Join QCOM Technologies Inc vibrant Global CAD team pushing the limits of RTL2GDS solutions for the Snapdragon chips powering billions of mobile devices. The position requires Synthesis or/and Place and Route experience and CAD development skills to define and develop implementation tools and methodologies for PPA, Quality and shortening design cycle time, in close collaboration with Snapdragon Implementation and Physical Design teams. Qualcomm is using leading edge internal and EDA technologies in the Implementation domain, including pioneering in genAI/ML, and developing good-by-construction automation and PPA recipes for the most complex designs of the industry in terms of multi-voltage and Fmax-area-power goals.

This role’s responsibilities will include:

• Improving the SoC Synthesis, Formal Verification, Place and Route methodologies for diverse Mobile, Compute, AI, IoT Snapdragon chips.
• Enabling new features from EDA tools or/and internal tools for PPA, turn-around time or enabling new advanced process nodes.
• Support Snapdragon design teams on CAD solutions, analyze their requests, and address their requests through ticket queues.
• Interfacing with EDA vendors to enable production-ready tool sets that satisfy project’s requirement.
• Setting up, augmenting, and maintaining a regression of complex Synthesis, P&R designs
• Innovating on tool/flow techniques for area reduction, dynamic power reduction and turn-around time, leading to participation to patents.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 1-4 years of experience in VLSI CAD, preferably Synthesis, Floorplan, Place and Route on SoCs at either top-level or block-level.
• 1-4 years of experience with scripting tools and programming languages: Python and TCL preferred.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate to the Synthesis, Place and Route and Formal verification flows enablement for foundry advanced process nodes.
• Participate to the tuning of design recipes to address specific objectives such as area, turn-around time on various subsystems such as Modem, GPU, CPU, DDR, Camera, Video, NSP.
• Interface and drive EDA vendor Application Engineers on the resolution of block convergence problems faced by the Snapdragon design teams.
• Participate to the specification of new CAD solutions addressing the PPA requirements of the design teams.
• Deep dive on Implementation issues, such as cell legalization issues, congestion hotspots, always-on feedthrough management, clock H-tree and CTS etc.
• Participate along with Qualcomm talented AI team to R&D initiatives driving differentiation in terms of die area reduction and turn-around time.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.

Applicants:

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